Alaska 2026 8/26-9/9 Starts now

[Bluffgruff]

There is only one filter you can rely on 100% up there:

MSR Guardian

We pumped from muddy tarns and tundra-tea creeks for days (~100L of water filtered) and it still pushed out 100% clear at 1-2L/minute

 

[Nuts]

Just out of curiosity, do you have a picture of how you were having issues with space on the EXO? I've packed 3 caribou out with mine and not had an issue, but I did do it in two trips per, bone in.

I do not have any pictures. I carried a shoulder and hind quarter along with rack and skull plus my gear. I was out of straps and struggled with it shifting as I navigated tundra. When turning to get up from taking sitting breaks velcro was pulling loose. Lashed it with paracord. Definitely could feel it pulling uneven in shoulder straps.
The guy with the K4. He had shoulder, hind quarter and misc meat (rib and neck) plus gear. More meat. Less gear. The misc bag with no meat fell out. Everything kept shifting for him as well.

When sitting on a tundra hump with a heavy pack we would turn around and walk out hands up hump to help us get up. That turn around would tilt the pack. Things kept shifting.

The Alp guys. Shelf and bungy straps. Every was solid. Probally could have hung it upside down with no movement.